The plan of lectures on “Normal Physiology” for the students
of II course stomatology faculty (autumn term)
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Themes
Hours
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Respiration. Mechanism of inspiration and expiration. Negative pressure in pleural cavity and its significance. Volumes, self-regulation of respiration. Functional systems maintaining the normal level of gases necessary for the metabolism of organism. Transport of gases by the blood. Respiratory coefficient, oxygen capacity of blood. Respiratory center. Neuro-humoral regulation of respiration. Role of cerebral cortex in the regulation of respiration. Hypoxia. Respiration under different atmospheric pressures. Periodic respiration. Compensation of functions at the base of functional system of respiration.
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Digestion. Functional system of digestion. Systemic mechanisms of hunger and satiety. Digestion in the oral cavity. Morphophysiological action of chewing. Mechanism of saliva excretion. Swallowing. Digestion in the stomach. Methods of investigation of the gastric juice secretion. Composition of gastric juice. Phases of gastric juice secretion. Inhibitory mechanism of gastric secretion. Evacuation of food from the stomach into duodenum. Digestion in duodenum, composition of intestinal secretion, methods of its getting. Mechanism of absorption. Parietal digestion. Digestion in small and large intestines. Functional system regulating the defecation. Functions of liver.
